De or het verkiezing?
de verkiezing
election (by vote or ballot)
/vərˈki.zɪŋ/
Forms
- Singular
- de verkiezing
- Plural
- de verkiezingen
- Diminutive
- het verkiezinkje
Why de?
- Nouns ending in -ing almost always take de.
- Every plural takes de, so it is de verkiezingen whatever the singular takes.
- Every diminutive takes het: het verkiezinkje.
The rules for de and het, with the exceptions
What de changes
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| this, these | deze verkiezing | deze verkiezingen |
| that, those | die verkiezing | die verkiezingen |
| which (the … that) | de verkiezing die … | de verkiezingen die … |
| our | onze verkiezing | onze verkiezingen |
Meaning in English
- election (by vote or ballot)
- election, predestination of the elect in orthodox Calvinism
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